Things aren't the same so don't expect them to be.

Had my first experience of ShenZhen's supermarket. With the density of shopping centres around, and 24-hour outlets, it's clearly expat land. At some of the local supermarkets, the store is swarming with sales staff asking if they can help you. Averaging one sales staff per aisle is definately swarming.

Here's a shot of how Herbal Essence is displayed on the shelves - the bottles for the shampoo and conditioner were designed to have curves that fit together, but it's obvious in this case that something has been lost in translation. Perhaps it's the Chinese preference for order that all the shampoos have been placed together. It's a good thing in this case, because I spent some 30 seconds trying to figure out what 'conditioner' was in Mandarin. Yes - the bottle only carried Chinese words.